Re: [Ask ] trouble

[GrimStranger ( Gman )]

※ 引述《to31401 (飄零的幽魂)》之銘言：
: My English teacher said my pronunciation and intonation is bad.
: I think this is  a big problem for me .
: It's  said traveling or stundying abroad  is fastest way to
: improve someone's English oral skills . However, my economic condition doesn't
: allow me to improve my English in these ways.
: Dose anyone can give me some advice?
: I really want to learn English well.
: Thank you very much.
Since you specifically mentioned pronunciation and intonation, I have a
tangible, bottom-up suggestion to give. It does set you back a couple
dollars, but shouldn't hurt you too much financially.

What I'm suggesting is a book titled Clear Speech: Pronunciation and
Listening Comprehension in North American English. [http://tinyurl.com/ztasa]
Pay no attention to me if you're seeking accent other than American, i.e.
English, Australian.

If you grew up Taiwan and went through the English education in Taiwan,
there is a good chance you're not getting everything right when it comes
to English pronunciation. And as the book title suggests, pronunciation
and listening comprehension go hand in hand. If you don't say it right,
you don't listen right. Why? Because when you listen, you seek spoken
words that match your own  pronunciation, the way you think they are
supposed to be spoken. And misinterpretation grows from the discrepancy
between the two.

Back to the book, it covers
1. vowels (some very important vowel rules) and word stress (stressing
the right syllables/words makes you sound native.)
2. sentence focus, how to emphasize and de-emphasize words and choose
the focus word.
3. Consonants, how to link words and some voicing rules.

The book comes with a CD, so you'll have something to follow if you can't
find someone capable to walk you through it.

The reason I mentioned finding someone to help you with it is that the
book was used as a text in an adult school class I attended after work
when I worked in the States. I was surprised that there were quite a few
things I didn't know before even though my verbal command of English
floated me smoothly at work. And I could almost swear that I even listen
better after the class.

Anyway, I figure this is one good way to solve your problem at hand.
Best of luck.

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